Saturday, November 10, 2018

Welcome
to SitcomsOnline Digest! We're now into the second half of fall, the leaves are falling, it's starting to get legitimately cold... and what better way to work around that than to sit around and watch some sitcoms? This week, we've got news about a new Showtime series under development starring Vanessa Bayer, we're hearing that Orange is the New Black may be spawning a sequel, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Vanessa Bayer is set to co-create and star in a new Showtime comedy
about a woman who overcomes leukemia to live out her childhood dream of
being an on-air host at a home shopping network. (Deadline)

Orange is the New Black may not be totally dead after all, as a sequel to the Netflix series is now under discussion. (TVLine)

Perhaps much to the pleasure of Donald Trump, The Alec Baldwin Show hasn't been too successful, and now ABC will be moving it to Saturday nights. (CBS News)

Eddie Foy III is probably not a household name at all, but he served as casting director of numerous sitcoms including I Dream of Jeannie, Happy Days, Cheers, and more. He died this week at age 83. (Variety)

ABC is giving full seasons to some of their successful comedies. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (NOVEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 16)

Decades has a binge marathon of Matt Houston this weekend.

You probably aren't ready for the holidays, but MeTV is, as they will begin airing holiday programming for three hours every Sunday starting tomorrow at 5:00 PM (it'll be Thanksgiving episodes to start out).

Superstore - "Blizzard" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
With a massive snowstorm beating down on St. Louis -- and an unsympathetic home office -- the Cloud 9 employees and customers get snowed in, leading to escalating tensions and infighting.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - "The Therapist" (NBC, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Charles brings Jake into a case when a therapist reports one of his patients missing; Holt finds out Rosa has a new girlfriend that everyone else has met; Amy believes she has accidentally received a package meant for Terry.

Will & Grace - "Conscious Coupling" (NBC, 9:30PM ET/PT)
When both of their boyfriends ask to move in, Will and Grace use each other as an excuse to get out of it; a snowstorm traps Karen at the office and Jack in an elevator, where he reunites with old flame Drew and tests his commitment to monogamy.